I awoke to the sounds of voices and I thought that I was at home again and that my mother had left my door open again so I could listen to the sound of the T.V. I groaned sat up. I rubbed my eyes and ran my fingers through my hair. There were people…with Digimon. I rubbed my eyes and focused on the girl with lavender hair. Yolei?

"Oh my gosh, Sora!" the girl shrieked, running over to me. "Are you okay? We've been looking for you!"

It sure was Yolei and I smiled. "I'm all right, thanks anyways."

She smiled and I noticed some of the others – Ken, Izzy, Joe, Davis, and Cody. All of them were gathered around the fire with their Digimon. They looked up when I came and sat with them. They smiled and greeted me.

I smiled back. It was good to be back with old friends again. Then I noticed that Biyomon was gone. "Where's Biyomon?" I asked.

"She went to look for the others," Hawkmon replied.

"Oh…"

"She'll be back, Sora, don't worry," Yolei said.

"Yeah…" I stood up.

"Where are you going?"

"I'll be back…" I walked over to a grove of trees and heard Davis yelling at Yolei.

"Look at that! You hurt her feelings!"

"What?! I didn't do anything!" Yolei shouted.

I smiled. Fights…playful fights. Then, suddenly, someone ran into me. I groaned. Ouch.

"Gosh, sorry, Sora." It was Kari. She helped me up and gave me a hug. "It's good to see you again."

I smiled and returned her hug. I then noticed that there were others with her: Tai, Matt, T.K. and Mimi.

"Oh my gosh, Sora!" Mimi exclaimed, hugging me. "Are you okay?"

I nodded. "Yeah… I'm fine."

"He didn't hurt you?" T.K. asked.

I shook my head. "No… I'm fine."

"Sora!" Biyomon called from above.

I looked up. She came down and I caught her in my arms. "Hey, Biyo. I'm glad you're back."

"We're all glad that you're back," Matt said.

I looked at him. His eyes spoke words that he couldn't say. Matt… I fought back tears. "Yeah…" I shook the feelings off. "Well, c'mon, the others are over by the fire and so are the other Digimon."

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The rest of the hours were spent trying to figure out who had taken me and why he had let me escape so easily. Davis, Yolei, Cody, and the other younger ones were sitting away from us around their own fire, laughing.

"He must have known that I was going to escape," I said, "or else he wouldn't have let me so easily because I also took the Digimon with me."

"Sora's right," Izzy said. "Maybe he has something up his sleeves… He'll probably try to attack us when we're not ready."

"We know those facts already," Tai said. "But why? Why did he take, Sora? How come it wasn't someone else?"

I bit my lower lip. I knew why…but I couldn't say… I stood up and walked off by the edge of the lake by some trees. I'm weak… I thought. He took me because I was weak: weak from my breakup with Matt…weak from my parents' argument. Was my heart really that breakable? Too weak to even think?

"Sora?"

I knew that it was Matt but I didn't turn around.

He sat down next to me, quiet for a few seconds and then he spoke again. "You know why he took you…"

I didn't answer.

"You don't have to answer; I figured that you wouldn't talk to me."

I looked at him. "Well…I…" I didn't know what to say.

He smirked. "You don't have to talk to me."

"Well…I know why I was the one…"

Matt raised an eyebrow. I love it when he did that. "You do?"

I nodded. "Yeah…"

"You don't want to tell me, do you?" He began to stand but I stopped him.

"Wait! Sit back down. I want to tell you… I don't want to tell anyone else." I looked back at the others. Mimi turned around, smiled, and waved at me. I smiled and waved back.

"She's been worried about you."

"Mimi?"

Matt nodded. "Of course."

I nodded. "Yeah… I figured." But I wasn't worried about anyone but you…

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I could tell that she was nervous. She knew why she was taken and I had a feeling that I knew too but I didn't want to say. Sora turned around and stared into the water. I waited for her to speak. I watched her. She was beautiful… I loved everything about her: her auburn hair, her brown eyes, and her slim figure. I wanted her to tell me what was wrong but I didn't push her. Finally, she spoke:

"I'm weak, Matt."

I didn't understand. "What do you mean?"

"He took me because he knew that I was weak. Not physically, but mentally and emotionally." She sighed and shook her head. "I'm weak because everything I thought would never happen just…happened. I broke up with you and my parents are in a huge fight about me. Things just seem to be ripping me apart and I just can't take it anymore, Matt…. I just can't."

It was as if she was pouring her heart out to me. She didn't tell Mimi or Tai this stuff but she told me. I didn't know what to say.

Sora looked at me. "It's like I'm the one hurting everyone…but I'm only hurting myself…"

I moved closer to her and wrapped my arms around her. She was shaking and I knew that she was crying.

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I let myself out that night. I didn't care whether or not Matt and I were still together. I loved him and he loved me, we both knew that. I leaned toward him, taking in his scent and I was glad that he was holding me. I didn't want to be weak anymore. I needed to change and I knew that I would have to soon if we were going to figure out what was going on with the Digimon and with the missing children. I felt Matt release me and I looked up at him. He wiped tears away from my eyes and kissed me on the lips. My heart skipped a beat inside and I knew that I would be okay now. Matt wouldn't let anything happen to me… I was protected now.